Cast & Crew

Key Cast Biographies

Darin Read
The product of a grandmother who raided sacred burial grounds on one side of the family tree and a grandmother who was a world-class violinist on the other, Darin Read was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona.

As a child Darin traveled throughout the southwest with his family buying and selling kachinas, baskets and pottery from Native Americans out of an old green station wagon. He also spent numerous hours drawing his own comic books and shooting super 8 films starring his Six Million Dollar Man action figure.

Darin graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in history where he convinced his thesis advisor to allow him to shoot a documentary (entitled THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF ASU) in lieu of writing a paper. His first short narrative film, FEAR, won the best
picture award at the USC / Universal Studios film program. After directing and producing several more
films as an MFA student at Loyola Marymount University, he worked on a myriad
of feature films for New Line Cinema including THE LORD OF THE RINGS
trilogy.

More recently, he co-produced
HAUNTED PLANET and wrote and directed UP UNDER THE ROOF, two 35mm films based
on classic short stories. The latter won the Best Picture, Best Director and
Best Editor awards at the Film Outside the Frame Festival and won the best
horror short award at the 8th Annual Indie Producer Film
Contest. Both films have played at
numerous festivals worldwide.

Rue Morgue Magazine called UP UNDER THE ROOF "a compelling take on the coming of age
story that depicts what it truly means to face fears." 28 Days Later
praised the film as providing an "excellent examination of the universality of
fears...prepare for Read's unique take on the timeless ghost stories of the
past."

Darin has
post-supervised FINAL DESTINATION FIVE, INTO THE STORM, SAN ANDREAS and THE CONJURING 2 for
Warner Bros. and executive produced HAUNTING MELISSA, the first
feature film designed as an iPad app.

Read is next slated to direct his adaptation of Thomas Tessier's
story "I Remember Me" from Tessier's Ghost Music for the feature film
anthology THOMAS TESSIER'S WORLD OF HURT.

Danielle Stallings
Award-winning producer/director Danielle Stallings began her career as a professional stage actor. Since earning a BFA from USC's School of Cinema & Television and an MFA from Loyola Marymount University, Danielle has continued writing, directing and producing independent film projects. Danielle's films have enjoyed success at festivals in India, Italy, Germany, Israel, Seattle, London, Austin, Phoenix and Baltimore and her 16mm short PORN QUEENS OF THE 70'S was honored by the DGA. Her recent achievements include two 35mm films based on classic literary pieces.

Ms. Stallings has a 14-year history of animal welfare volunteerism. She's most proud of having served as the point-person and facilitator of the negotiations between Chris DeRose of Last Chance for Animals and HBO for the ground-breaking documentary "Dealing Dogs". Danielle is currently working with her film partner Darin Read on a new feature-length production.